Jake Cox "The DIY thing is not anything new," Peralta says. "What I'd like to see is more turnover, more fresh voices."
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Jake Cox Roy Smith's work at Peralta Projects.
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Jake Cox Peralta was involved in the art scene in Texas before coming back to Denver.
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Jake Cox "I was born and raised here, but just felt really out of place having been in Texas so long. I wanted to get back to what felt good. Plus, I live in the same neighborhood I grew up in. In the ’70s, this was a totally different neighborhood. I felt like I needed to make it relevant for me again," Peralta says.
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Jake Cox "I'm a poet, so I ran a poetry series here. Every city I’ve ever lived in, I’ve run one: New York, Tucson, Richmond," Browning says. "I moved into this house three years ago, and I was with my friend, and I was telling him how I wanted to open a gallery one day, and he said, 'You have a garage space, just do it in there.'"
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Jake Cox The next show at Georgia, with Mackenzie Urban, is in May.
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Jake Cox "It feels good to be a part of something that is in so many people's lives and an important part of people's lives," Trammell says.
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Jake Cox Trammell tries to attend two shows per week.
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Jake Cox Lyus Maroncelli has been a volunteer for a year and a half. Maroncelli also performs at the space.
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Jake Cox "I love the space so much, and I wanted to be here more. I wanted to help out because Aaron [Saye], who runs the place, was just looking for more people," Maroncelli says.
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Jake Cox Birdhouse View playing at Seventh Circle.
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Jake Cox Inside Seventh Circle.
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Jake Cox Tiffany Cronick has been volunteering at the space for six years.
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Jake Cox Outside the space.
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Jake Cox "We are on the upswing," Cronick says. "I don’t think we’ve peaked yet. We plan to be here a while."
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Inside Garage Galleries and Other DIY Arts Spaces in Denver

In recent years, Denver artists have been feeling the crunch from rising rents and closing DIY spaces. To survive, they've been coming up with creative strategies for exhibiting work, including turning garages into art galleries and using other offbeat spaces. We recently took a look inside a couple of DIY venues as well as two garage galleries, Georgia Art Space and Peralta Projects.

In recent years, Denver artists have been feeling the crunch from rising rents and closing DIY spaces. To survive, they've been coming up with creative strategies for exhibiting work, including turning garages into art galleries and using other offbeat spaces. We recently took a look inside a couple of DIY venues as well as two garage galleries, Georgia Art Space and Peralta Projects.

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